Helen Caceres
# Helen Caceres

Helen Caceres (née Petinos; born 15 June 1993) is an Australian association football player, who currently plays for Melbourne City in the Australian W-League. She previously played for the Western Sydney Wanderers.

## Playing career

Petinos grew up in Western Sydney, and played her junior football in her hometown of Liverpool, New South Wales. She then joined Marconi Stallions FC - where she made a name for herself in the NSW Premier League. After nine years with the Stallions, she proceeded to sign her first W-League (Australia) contract with the Western Sydney Wanderers in 2012.

Petinos made her debut for the Western Sydney Wanderers on 17 November 2013 in a match against Canberra United. She made 11 appearances for the team during the 2013–14 W-League season and scored 1 goal during a 3–0 win against Perth Glory on 14 December 2013.

During the 2014–15 W-League season, Petinos made 12 appearances and scored 2 goals.

After spending four seasons at Western Sydney, as well as a year away from the W-League due to living overseas in United Arab Emirates, Petinos signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.

## Personal life

Helen is married to Sydney FC midfielder Anthony Cáceres (married on 2 June 2018) whom she met at Westfields Sports High School. She is of Greek descent.

They are the first wife and husband, to play at the same club in the A-League and the affiliated W-League (Australia).

